LOL, yeah. I almost wanted to not even respond because I knew I'd leave out a ton of reasons it's ridiculous to ponder.

From Skolnick's blog on Shane's sick dribble move

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There were some strange sights Thursday night in Denver: Ty Lawson going scoreless, Ray Allen missing a clean late look, Norris Cole being counted upon to make up for that, and Mike Miller darting into the lane to create a jumper for Shane Battier.
The latter looked like Memphis, circa 2006.
“All we needed was Stromile Swift,” Battier said.
But the strangest sight was Battier attempting a behind-the-back dribble on a drive to the basket.
None of it made any sense.
And none of it worked.
The last time he tried it?
“Maybe 2009,” Battier said. “I almost had it too. I almost had it.”
Not really.
“That was like, ‘OK, Shane! Ohhhh!” Chris Bosh said, cringing for effect. “It was there, but you know. It was nice, it was nice. I’m the type of guy, hey, man, do everything. If you’re on the court, I want you to dribble, rebound, shoot it, pass it, I expect everything. You know, the behind-the-back was good, it was just…. after that was, you know, tough. He showed a glimpse. Maybe he should start working on it.”
Better he keeps shooting threes, which he did exceptionally — 6-of-7 — well Saturday.

Thank god we won otherwise this wouldn't be nearly as funny.

On a more serious note, his D has been great in the post. I said during the Indiana series I liked his post D more than his perimeter D, at least at this point in his career. That continued on with the other series as well. The Kobes, Melos, and Durants of the league just burn him from the perimeter nowadays.

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@IraHeatBeat This marks fifth time in 10 games this season the Heat have had double-figure 3-point field goals. It happened five times all last season.